Childcare/nanny cost in Arlington for twins?

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Anonymous wrote:Do you work for APS? You can look into The Children's School
https://www.thechildrensschooltcs.org/

I do! Thanks for recommending--I'll definitely look into this.

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OP here--thanks everyone for the advice and helpful information! I really appreciate it.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you work for APS? You can look into The Children's School
https://www.thechildrensschooltcs.org/

I do! Thanks for recommending--I'll definitely look into this.

Definitely get on the list here as rates are much more affordable for employees - I would make this your number 1 priority to get on the list because it’s long even for one child so you just want to get on it now. You may not get in for when they are born, but still a great option for transitioning later. My friend works at APS and got off the list with one child when her child was about 1 year old. So that’s why I say get on now and then make an interim plan

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Same friend that i posted above also took one full school year off which I thought was brilliant, so just throwing that out there since infant care is so expensive. It’s hard to do that in most careers but in teaching it seems doable. The other thing to think with daycare is the illness in the first year can be hard with twins from what I’ve heard with friends with twins. Hard enough with one, but with not much flexibility for time off when teaching and two getting sick, the nanny can help a lot there for the first year if you go that route. But I’m getting off topic now and answering questions you didn’t ask

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Anonymous wrote:$30 per hour is insane. Ask MONA. I don’t know what the going rate is for twins but much less than $30 per hour.

What does daycare charge for two infants? Do they discount if they’re twins?

Honest question.

No discount

A lot of daycares give a sibling discount. 5 or 10 percent off the lower cost tuition usually. (Of course both tuitions are the same with twins.) But it will probably be very hard to find two infant spots at the same time in a center. I don’t know — other twin parents would be better able to tell you how to navigate that.

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Anonymous wrote:$25 to 30 an hour for twins. Don’t go over 40 hours a week or nine hours a day to avoid overtime.

Number of hours per day doesn’t matter in Virginia as long as they stay under 40 hours per week.

Op, join MONA. That’s a better place to ask. DCUM doesn’t know.

Are you sure about hours per day? I honestly am not sure but I think this recently changed.

Oh, if it’s a recent change I may be mistaken.

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Anonymous wrote:$25 to 30 an hour for twins. Don’t go over 40 hours a week or nine hours a day to avoid overtime.

Number of hours per day doesn’t matter in Virginia as long as they stay under 40 hours per week.

Op, join MONA. That’s a better place to ask. DCUM doesn’t know.

Are you sure about hours per day? I honestly am not sure but I think this recently changed.

Oh, if it’s a recent change I may be mistaken.

Virginia just turned blue, but I doubt that this change would have been made so quickly, if at all. I also think there would have been more publicity about this, but I can't say I know for sure.

CA does have a day limit -- I believe over 10 hours per day, but I am not positive -- but that is the only state I can think of off the top of my head that does that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$30 per hour is insane. Ask MONA. I don’t know what the going rate is for twins but much less than $30 per hour.

What does daycare charge for two infants? Do they discount if they’re twins?

Honest question.

No discount

A lot of daycares give a sibling discount. 5 or 10 percent off the lower cost tuition usually. (Of course both tuitions are the same with twins.) But it will probably be very hard to find two infant spots at the same time in a center. I don’t know — other twin parents would be better able to tell you how to navigate that.

+1 to all of that.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$25 to 30 an hour for twins. Don’t go over 40 hours a week or nine hours a day to avoid overtime.

Number of hours per day doesn’t matter in Virginia as long as they stay under 40 hours per week.

Op, join MONA. That’s a better place to ask. DCUM doesn’t know.

Are you sure about hours per day? I honestly am not sure but I think this recently changed.

Oh, if it’s a recent change I may be mistaken.

Virginia just turned blue, but I doubt that this change would have been made so quickly, if at all. I also think there would have been more publicity about this, but I can't say I know for sure.

CA does have a day limit -- I believe over 10 hours per day, but I am not positive -- but that is the only state I can think of off the top of my head that does that.

It’s 9 hours in California.

[Anonymous]

$25/hr minimum for a nanny.

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Twin mom here: they are going to ask 20% more for twins. No real discount at preschool. We used multiple part time help because the nanny gets overwhelmed also. But our twins were sick a lot.

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Anonymous wrote:$25/hr minimum for a nanny.

That’s what I get for just one child.

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Three years ago the low end of the going rate was $22 per hour in north Arlington for a nanny share. The nanny I hired was more willing to take care of twins than do a nanny share because you only have one boss with twins. But adjust upwards because that was three years ago. And like others have said, ask MONA.

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Anonymous wrote:$30 per hour is insane. Ask MONA. I don’t know what the going rate is for twins but much less than $30 per hour.

What does daycare charge for two infants? Do they discount if they’re twins?

Honest question.

Some daycare centers provide a 5%-10% or so sibling discount. The bigger problem is finding spaces. It's highly unlikely you will find 2 spaces at the same daycare center. Finding one spot is hard enough. Many people put the child on the waitlist at or near conception. So you're already a few months late. For quality center-based care you are looking at $25k-$30k per child for a place that includes a hot lunch and snacks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$30 per hour is insane. Ask MONA. I don’t know what the going rate is for twins but much less than $30 per hour.

What does daycare charge for two infants? Do they discount if they’re twins?

Honest question.

Some daycare centers provide a 5%-10% or so sibling discount. The bigger problem is finding spaces. It's highly unlikely you will find 2 spaces at the same daycare center. Finding one spot is hard enough. Many people put the child on the waitlist at or near conception. So you're already a few months late. For quality center-based care you are looking at $25k-$30k per child for a place that includes a hot lunch and snacks.

That's a gross overestimation. 25k-30k per child per year is 2k+ per child. That's too much.

OP, you're in Arlington. You should be able to find good home daycares. They are much better for infants than corporate centers, and much more affordable.